Spoke to my source, a retired military guy. I asked if he could confirm whether General Mattis had visited Gold Star families after retiring. He nodded his head, saying “He’s big on that.” He’s worked under Mattis several times in past decades and tells me when he was injured Mattis was the first to visit him. Spoke very highly of the General and is pleased about his nomination.

1. The facts you mention are not associated with a high level of emotional investment in the way religious beliefs are (religions such as Christianity or Darwinism). That is, there’s a category difference between factual belief and heartfelt belief.

2. Natural selection is made into more than just a mechanism—it’s treated (often without the evolutionist fully realizing it on a conscious level) as though it has agency.

The electoral college may be intended “to confirm or not” the peoples choice,” but this professor doesn’t seem to understand that the electoral college is not intended to confirm illegal aliens’ choice.